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1511 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1480s 1490s 1500s – 1510s – 1520s 1530s 1540s |
| Years: | 1508 1509 1510 – 1511 – 1512 1513 1514 |
Births
- February 8 – Giorgio Vasari (d. 1574), Italian painter, architect and writer
Deaths
- January 9 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek classical scholar (b. 1424)
- February 11 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Henry VIII of England
- June 6 – Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah, Islamic scholar, author of the Oran fatwa
- July 2 – Şahkulu, leader of the Şahkulu Rebellion
- August 2 – Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader (b. c. 1466)
- September 6 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481)
- October 18 – Philippe de Commines, French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (b. 1447)
- date unknown
- Nicolás de Ovando (born 1460), Spanish soldier, governor of Hispaniola
- Diego de Nicuesa, Spanish conquistador and explorer
- Johannes Tinctoris, Flemish composer and music theorist (b. c. 1435)
- Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet (b. 1482)
- Yusuf Adil Shah, founding leader of the Adil Shahi dynasty
- probable – Antoine de Févin, French composer (b. c. 1470)